Leaking Or Burning Antifreeze? Options

[99dsm4life]

i have a 1999 eclipse gs. i fixed all the the leaks that i can see and put a new head gasket on and valve cover gasket and still is burning a little antifreeze. not as much as it did before but still a little and im wonderin if anyone had any ideas of what it could be? i was thinkin intake manifold gasket.

[dannwo1]

Well thats not it, because the intake manifold and throttle body on 420a's don't have any coolant flowing through them.

If there isn't smoke coming out of your exhaust (and you have a new head gasket) then you're probibly not burning any either.

Odds are there's a slow leak somewhere that you missed. Sometimes you won't actually see a leak untill the hose is pressurized.

Try replacing those factory spring clips with hose clamps and see if you stop loosing coolant.

Don't forget the two heater core lines running to your dash. They're pretty hidden and if they're leaking it would be nearly impossible to spot.

[BigJohnson9796]

If you let the car overheat you probably ended up warping the head...If your still burning coolant

[99dsm4life]

alrite well there is still white smoke coming out of the exhaust and i dont know if it matters but everytime i start the car i hear liquid going through the dash and i usually dont hear that on most cars.
and it just started burning antifreeze like a couple weekes ago and i havent been driving it that often

but it still has the white smoke coming out of the exhaust

[dannwo1]

The liquid in your dash is coolant flowing to your heater core (located just inside your dash). The reason you're hearing it flow in is because it's replacing air in the lines.

Try bleeding the air out of your system (make sure the heater's on full blast) and see if that gets rid of the noise.

As for the white smoke, it could possibly be the changing cool weather allowing the warm exhaust gas to condense, (which is also a white smoke), but I don't know what part of the country you live in so this may not be a factor.

Odds are you're leaking coolant from a line like I said earlier.

Don't worry about a warped head or other extreme causes untill you have exhausted all of the cheap, easy fixes first. Every mechanical problem should be treated in this manner IMO.

[99dsm4life]

ok yea that might be it cuz i live in wisconsin.
and i cant see anymore leaks on hosing or gaskets